NFTs
Neil Strauss Pens the Bored Ape Yacht Club ‘Tell-All’
What does it mean to write a memoir about a group of NFT avatars that kind of exists but kind of doesn’t? The author of “Pickup Artists” (and nine other books) tells Jeff Wilser. This article is part of CoinDesk Culture Week.

5 Ways to Earn Passive Income From NFTs
Forget selling your NFTs. Now, you can make your unique digital items work for you.

McDonald’s McRib NFT Project Links to Racial Slur Recorded on Blockchain
A company needs to weigh the risks and rewards when deciding to create NFTs.

How ‘Intelligent’ NFTs Raise Some Red Flags
AI NFTs will soon flood the market, but the vast majority are not going to succeed.

The Two Miami Art Weeks
At Miami’s Art Basel, the traditional art crowd came face-to-face with the crypto invasion.

Most Influential 2021: Matt Hall and John Watkinson
Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, is working with a Hollywood powerhouse to expand the NFT brand.

Play-to-Earn Platform Rainmaker Nabs $6.5M Seed Round
CoinFund and others are backing Rainmaker’s plans to ease access to hundreds of play-to-earn crypto games.

Metaverse Goes Hollywood With Universal Music Group Avatar Partnership
Avatar company Genies has inked a deal with UMG that could bring celebrity merch from Rihanna, Migos and more into virtual worlds.

Microsoft Leads $27M Funding Round for Palm NFT Studio
The Web 2 giant’s venture arm thinks enterprise demand for tokenized art will stick around.
